Schaefer - F & M Schaefer Brewing Co.

thekevlarkid

Maryland

2.68/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Out of a bottle this beer was a clear, straw color with one finger of white head. The retention of the head was average and it left spots of lacing. The aroma was of pale malt, corn, a bit of grassy hops and a hint of sweet malt. The flavors were mostly of cereal grains, pale malt and corn with some sweet malt too. Very little hops. The body was light, the carbonation appropriate and the mouthfeel fine.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2011 01:43:37 | More by thekevlarkid

tigg924

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +52.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: 1 inch head, straw yellow in color, clear, high carbonation

Smell: grass, straw, and adjuncts

Taste: corn, straw, and adjuncts

Mouthfeel: high carbonation, light bodied, sweet

Overall: This is arguably my favorite beer in the style. This was the first beer I had regularly, so that probably has much to do with it. On a hot day, I could easily session this. Nothing midblowing, but smooth adjunct without any weird aftertastes.

Serving type: bottle

07-27-2011 13:31:49 | More by tigg924

Wasatch

Utah

2.48/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Pours a nice pale yellow color, nice carbonation, nice one-finger creamy white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is sweet, with some malt notes, slight hop note. The taste is sweet, with some malt/hop notes. Light body. Drinkable, but not by much.

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2011 23:52:31 | More by Wasatch

puboflyons

New Hampshire

2.53/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

From the 40 fl. oz. pounder. Sampled on September 6, 2010. I have never had Schaefer in a bottle believe it or not. For the last 30 years or so that I have been drinking beer I have only ever had it from the can. The bottle surpasses the can.

What more can I say about Schaefer? It is an icon from the Golden Age of beer with its pale yellow look, corny, grassy, and slightly hopped scent and light body. The taste is a typical adjunct lager with lots of corn and grass and a spritzer of hops. It is a good hot weather beer.

Serving type: bottle

09-06-2010 23:14:11 | More by puboflyons

Applesauce1

Virginia

3.4/5  rDev +29.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

I've had this beer many times throughout college. I had a few more this past weekend. It's a macro lager...but better than budweiser or mgd. doesn't seem as skunky. you're not gonna get much hop flavor out of it. mostly cereal grains are the taste here. mouthfeel is light body. drinkability is about as good as you can get. it's a beer if you're planning to have a party with some of your good buds.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2008 03:53:24 | More by Applesauce1

MuddyFeet

North Carolina

1.98/5  rDev -24.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Bought a 40oz for shitz and gigglez. Poured some in a glass and it was a very pale yellow. Thick bubbley head but the carbonation of the beer was negligible. Nose was very light--mostly rice. Taste is oh so simple. Lots of adjuncts and hints of some actualy malted grains. Hops? Nope. Very light and crisp, but flat. Definitely easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

09-18-2005 23:13:24 | More by MuddyFeet

TheDeuce

New York

2.13/5  rDev -19%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Appearance-pale golden color, a fair amount of head that dissapears quickly

Smell-cooked cabbage, a little corn, grain, fairly clean though.

Taste-thin and watery, really not much on the palette, a little grain to go through with but other than that it goes down clean and tasteless.

Mouthfeel-thin and watery, not a good aftertaste and not that smooth going down.

Drinkability-a drink em and get drunk type beer, I'd only have another if at a party or offered but I would certainlty not seek this out.

Overall-this is a cheap mass-produced beer made to drink quick and get buzzed in the vein of Milwaukee's Best Light or Natural Light, it's comparable to these and therefore obviously not something to seek out.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2005 06:16:59 | More by TheDeuce

DESTRO

Nevada

2.78/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

$4.99 a 12 pack? im down! crack the can it pours out crappy and yellow. like you knew it would. aroma is cheap and bland, touch of chemical and lightly metallic. flavorwise though, its not bad. very light hop bitterness, somewhat sweet malt backbone, clean and refreshing. crisp in the mouth, a tad thin but its not bad. goes down smooth. i liked this, for a cheap beer this stuff is alright.

Serving type: bottle

05-31-2004 09:07:19 | More by DESTRO

TastyTaste

Minnesota

1.73/5  rDev -34.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

Got it in 40 oz. bottle form in New Jersey (not available in my locale). Clear straw-gold color, with a white head. At $2 a 40, I didn't deem it worthy of a glass. Tastes of grain and corn, a true macro lager gone awry. It's drinkability is alright, if you factor in value of this cheap brew.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2004 00:20:13 | More by TastyTaste

Stopper

Connecticut

2.63/5  rDev 0%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

The pour is average. It has a thin head of medium-sized bright white bubbles topping a pale yellow beer. The aroma is slightly sweet, barely hoppy, and pretty pungent, though I'm having trouble placing or describing what it is I'm smelling... perhaps that's just the corn? The mouthfeel is relatively syrupy for a pale american adjunct lager, and it feels moderately carbonated. The initial flavor is pretty sweet, but definitely not unbalanced. The finish has a notable hop spice that trails off to leave only a mild taste of cooked corn.

So I bottle my homebrew in these longnecks, and the sturdy boxes are nice too. I feel much better about downing these to make room for new batches than downing my old brews, so I buy Schaefer. Maybe next time I'll try something else I can find with longnecks, like Old Milwaukee or something, though I'm not sure it'll be much better. It's drinkable, but not worth seeking out.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2003 05:35:59 | More by Stopper

BeerResearcher

Massachusetts

2.42/5  rDev -8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

My dad drank this when he needed a break from Ballantines or the occasional Knickerbocker,...or Narragansett. He would blame "Schaefer Beer Farts" for any particularly odiferous flatulence. That said, I bought this 40 ouncer chilled it well and poured it into a frosted 10oz glass in memory of dear old dad. It pours a pale yellow with a thin rapidly dissipating white head. Some trailing lace developed after the glass warmed a bit. The aroma is of damp towels, cereal and faint alcohol fuminess. The body is thin and a little grainy. There is a mild spicy hop flavor, but it basically blends into a seltzery, fizzy mouthfeel. It's really not all that bad for a cheap beer.

Here's a bonus Schaefer jingle for those too young to remember, or for those who'd rather forget, here it is anyway;

Schaefer is the…one beer to have when you’re having more than one.
Schaefer, flavor...doesn't fade, when your workday's done.
The most rewarding flavor in this man's world, for people who are having fun.
Schaefer, is the...one beer to have, when you're having more than one!

Thank you and good night!

Serving type: bottle

08-08-2003 22:21:00 | More by BeerResearcher

AtLagerHeads

Ohio

2.4/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Bottled as a 40 ouncer and looking pretty well from out of the fifties, this old standby provides a look at the classic regional pale lagers of the past century. Plae yellow with a dissipating white head and little lacing. Taste is the standard pale lager ho-hum with a very light aroma to match. Watery, thin mouthfeel though smooth as well. Nothing here to recommend other than a quick thirst quencher.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2003 22:41:18 | More by AtLagerHeads

ElGuapo

New Jersey

2.33/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

This one has scared me off for a while, but it was time to make a drunken chicken, and we needed a canned beer. I see two cans of Schaefer in the fridge. Let's do it!
Yellow pour with some little white bubbles on top. I am a bit scared now. Aroma is lacking much but grains.

I take a sip, and I don't die, wow, Schaefer is not that bad! It is very crisp with a load of carbonation. It is not skunky like some other low quality beers. Grainy, a little citrus. It is not a good beer, but you can drink it, and I did not get the three gulp headache I get from other "lesser" beers.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2003 07:58:53 | More by ElGuapo

pezoids

Pennsylvania

2.38/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

I inherited a case of returnables from somebody. I don't hate this beer. I actually consider this my "pizza" beer. It's fine when you
want a flavourless, highly carbonated light beer, which I actually crave once in awile.It's a good cheap beer to share with family members, so they don't have to make a yuck face and pour out your Storm King stout.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2003 13:42:12 | More by pezoids

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

3.15/5  rDev +19.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A retro classic! It pours a clear yellowish-gold with a creamy white head that holds OK and keeps a nice collar and whispy surface foamy throughout the glass. The nose displays a lightly sweet and grainy malt with a light note of corn and a touch of sulphur. There are no noticeable hops. It's light bodied, smooth, and lightly creamy in the mouth. The flavor offers a lightly sweet malt with a touch of corn-like flavor. Some non-distinct hops float along the surface. It finishes short and drying with a touch of residual sweetness. An enjoyable and refreshing basic American-style lager.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2003 14:08:09 | More by NeroFiddled

Brent

Kentucky

2/5  rDev -24%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

If you want a good beer, don't bother with this. If you want a slam-it-down cheap beer, then this is as good a choice as any. It has a fairly clean finish, which is about all you'll taste anyway if you're chugging.

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2001 12:54:59 | More by Brent

Todd

Massachusetts

2.45/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

If they're out of Brubaker, then Schaefer is my next pick. Not a beer you want to drink to quell any craving for real beer, but rather one to suck down as you're first. Even more so, at $1.99 at the bar for a 16oz'er.

http://www.earthstation1.com/TVWavFiles/Schaefer.wav ... although this ad from the 60's urges you to have more than one.

"Bop, Bop, Feeling pretty ... all together in Schaefer City!"

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2001 08:15:59 | More by Todd

B33R501

Pennsylvania

3.38/5  rDev +28.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Picked up a 16 oz at Whole Foods Devon for $.99 how could i pass that up. These are the beers we drank as kids, this, Schmidts, Ortleibs (we were drinking Joes beer before it was known as Joes beer) before we graduated to Miller High Life, Genessee Cream Ale, Rolling Rock and the like. What a nostalgic blast this was. Thanks Joe at WF Devon.

And you know what, really wasnt bad at all. Drank from the can, poured a little to take a look. Light pale pour, big fluffy white cotton candy head. Nice. Bready sweet malts and even a little hops for balance. Decent mouthfeel. No off tastes, and a nice break from the usual hop and stout onslaught.

Overall very pleasant. I dont rate to style much (if at all), this is scored on its own merits. Just a good, plain old adjunct lager. And better than lots of craft ive had, yes i said it.

Serving type: can

10-26-2012 14:42:21 | More by B33R501

SHoF

2.78/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Real good cheap beer. Pabst will not put any money behind it for promotion and no insentives for retailers. The regular Schaefer is as good as a good light beer, the light Schaefer is not that great, too light.

Not a problem getting up in the northeast but southern states can be a challange

Schaefer Hall of Fame likes the taste, easy drinking cold only. Use a cozy and prepare to drive to find it.

Serving type: can

09-12-2012 17:50:02 | More by SHoF

hardy008

Minnesota

1.8/5  rDev -31.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Pale gold with a two finger white head which fades quickly. The smell has corn, some grass, and bread. Not too impressive.

The taste has cooked corn, bread malt, and is somewhat sweet. No outstanding features, mostly just blah.

Thin bodied, high carbonation, and not much aftertaste. Very bland and definitely not worth trying again.

Serving type: can

05-28-2012 02:07:42 | More by hardy008

CowsCanBark

Pennsylvania

2.6/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 16 oz. can into Samuel Adam's pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a clear straw golden with a fluffy three-finger head, decent lacing is left on the glass.

Smell: Very mild, as expected. Light hints of corn adjuncts, grass, and a distinct floral note.

Taste: Pretty corny, adjunct laden. It's not as sweet as your average AAL, which I think brings out worse flavor in this beer's case. The back-end is metallic and has a weird vegetable taste.

Mouthfeel: Light body and high carbonation, very drinkable. This is a bit different than other beers of its kind, though, in that it has a slight dryness to it.

Overall: This is very similar to any other AAL, but the weird vegetable taste at the back-end will turn me off from buying any more of these in the future. If I'm looking to get cranked, I'd much rather have the standard BMC non-light.

Serving type: can

04-28-2012 00:11:57 | More by CowsCanBark

Goblinmunkey7

Massachusetts

2.63/5  rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Appearance: Nicely carbonated pale gold. Almost looks like apple juice. Head is super white and drops to a tiny ring rather quickly. Very clear. No lacing. Looks up to standard.

Smell: Corn and pale malts. Slightly bready with an off-putting grassy/wet cardboard aroma. Very grassy. Sweet, oddly so.

Taste: The same wet cardboard thing as the nose. Grainy and grassy. Slight tang from what has to be the adjuncts. Slightly sweet, like canned corn. Mild hop character hints at something almost herbal, but doesn't quite get there. Extremely pale malts. Inoffensive.

Mouthfeel: Crisp and light. Finishes clean after a burst of flavor (if that's what you want to call it). Lingering sweetness.

Overall: Drink lots of these. That seems to be the plan here. Inoffensive, but not desirable either. Has some weird issues that prevent it from being my adjunct lager of choice.

Serving type: can

03-28-2012 23:40:20 | More by Goblinmunkey7

angrybabboon

Rhode Island

2.95/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Consumed 3/2/12

Appearance: Extremely clear, pale golden/straw color - fizzy white head that fades to a minimal ring, minimal lacing

Smell: Not much, very mild - some dry corn, grains, white bread - slightly sweet - I can't say much else, other than it's inoffensive

Taste: Not bad, but not good, either - mild grains, faint bread, lightly sweet, mostly dry, corn - more or less lacking any lager yeast spices - very clean, but so is water

Mouthfeel: Light, but not excessively so - mostly dry, somewhat crisp, nice carbonation, surprisingly smooth (like this was engineered to be chugged)

Overall: About as average as it gets

Schaefer is absurdly cheap (roughly $.65/can), and honestly, I've had more expensive beers that were worse. According to the old motto, "Schaefer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one." Sounds like a plan. I'll be drinking 12 of these on Saturday.

Serving type: can

03-02-2012 08:50:29 | More by angrybabboon

Zodijackyl

Connecticut

3.58/5  rDev +36.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz can.

Smells like fresh corn, some light malts, and a hint of metallic hops. It's pretty smooth, with a tiny bit of bitterness up front, a light malt feel on the tongue, and an aftertaste of fresh corn. Light biscuits and corn. It's quite light, not a lot of flavor, but I don't mind the corn flavor so it's quite easy to drink. Certainly one of the better inexpensive beers, very easy to drink.

Serving type: can

02-05-2012 02:52:45 | More by Zodijackyl

lemonlime311

Massachusetts

2.58/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Appearance: Ok nothing extordinary a slightly watery beer golden straw in color. Pours and leaves a large head at first which quickly dissapates. There is also a slightly reddish tone to the beer. In all honest I can't say it look below average.

Smell: Has a slightly flat smell to it. Not as bad as bud. But not horrible nothing to brag about

Taste: Little watery but has more flavor then most domestic beer like Bud, Miller, and Coors. Can't say that I am a fan but it's not the worst beer in the world either.

Mouthfeel: Crappy aftertaste it is the beer you would be having if your having more then one after you have a few good beers then switch over to this selzer like flat beer. Because really after a couple the taste is not a big factor. So drink scheafer if your having more then one.

Overall: OK $4.99 a 6pk about average for that price not as good as PBR or Miller High Life, Simarly to Lone Star beer not as good as Black Label it hard to say. Ill say the beer is average for the price.

Serving type: can

02-03-2012 14:43:24 | More by lemonlime311